River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28
THE LANGLEY BURGLARY

in approved fashion the ap
preaching lst Of September were al
collected one nigh; after dinner in th,
dfauiuc-roo when the conversation
hitherto rather Ianguij. Glanced to turr
on q burglary that had lately taker
pIaee ID the ueighborhood Every ont
"a once seized ID the topic and pro
c,eded t1 relate more or less irrelevant
hut alI aliko CHASTITY stories Of famou,
HurgIare- aud robucries. till suddenly
Ms Cecil Clifford, cousin 81 Lady
Langley, a very pretty Girl and Leires.
to boot, who had hitherto taken No
part Il gle talk, looked up suddenly
aId said.
II do wish YOU would not az discus,
~uch horrors How do YOU expect Us
e. Sleep quietly IN our 5eds if YOU VIII
Insist or retailing such frishtul stories.
especially as those vreJches who broke
into Col-tou Park are at large? feel
a- if should find a burglar in my room
Tonight So I should rouse the house
with a false alarm don't blame me.
i think / should die if / were Ia
wake and see one in my room. ex-
claimed little Lady Langley. Struggling
her pretty white shoulders in not
wholly affected fright.
AT aii events. the man would not
trouble you longen1ugh with his com
paay il that tin ease Of your. with vOuT
I'll mpud- ID it. We're lying on your
dra~-iug-tahle as usual. returned her
cousin. II know youu bc murdered
through those diamonds one day.,
DO Won really mean tina; Lady
Langley Keeps her iewelrv in her dress
ing-tanlc2 asked Ctpt lie Marchant.
an iHpecJniouS Young man. who wa-
suspected on very good grounds ol
being aU iuisuN with the pretty heireSS,
and who was I'm consequence rather
orr 81 favor with her guardians.
To be- sure She does. laughed the
hast. '.Hud as Cecil SAYS, | know we
shall wake mp some line morning to
find ourselves corpScs because Of that
whim Of hers.
What the use Of having iewelry il
il Is always To- Doe at the banker :, re-
torte,l I.ady Langley.
u wish Co goodness you'd be sensi-
he Flo. demonstrated her cousin.
land have it kept in the plate room. at
all events / know that l shall do
nothing Lur dream of Your diamonds :
Lady Langley laughed gaily, and
seemed Ju take a malicious pleasure in
keeping thc conversation on the same
subject. despite her cousins very evil
dent dislike III it. iu which she was as
sisted hv Capt Le Marchaut. who
cialri Miss Clifford p good deal about
her nerves. until the party separated
for the night
Next morning the house was In con
fu-i d, tHe diamonds were gone.
Lady Langley missed them the mo-
meut She rose. for, her maid being fll
from well 80 the time, She had hidden
the girl moi II mp for her. and had un-
dressed herself, leaving her diamonds.
which She hJd beeL wearing. loose on
her ,ir,.~-iug-tshie. Were Cecil Clifford
found them when ~uH came 20 heI
cousin 5 room to BID hcr .ou,i-uiglit. "a,
visual luj she pat them iu their case.
Of course. every hole and corner wa.
searched, hUr iu v9iu. The police came
but were equally unsuccessful. Not q
trace of either the thieves or tn,
icvrir1 was To- PEE found The police
Including Che detective hastily sum
maHeI from London. were positive
els. t...g., F..T E....r.
by ~oMa ONE iu the house. cuuvic-
ton t....i lil not add 10 tine comfort ot
the ianatc- % I.ar-ley Towers. Su-
pic.1u ram riot. the hoL -,hold servants
one and al,. belonged 70 wrlI-kucivr
and respectable families % the neigh
boruat.d. aud hId mostly been for con
siderable periods iu tile Langley ser
vier. while tine visitors servants. il
happened SEEMED equally above sus
psriou. The only person who venturet
70 differ from the officials was Capt. l.,
Marghant who openly pooh-poohed tn,
whole thing as -uulv invented by tn,
police TO screen their own iucompe
,eucE.
Whether from conviction or oppOsi
tiuu. Miss Clifford embraced the polio,
theory. and before long her suspicion
fell ON the maid of one of the visitors
who ~b, felt convinced WAS at least an
aeeumuIicc Unfortunately for thi
peor slrl Cecil Clifford cnutided hei
doubts to her cousin. who IN her turn
uncouu-ciou-Iv betrayed them TO IA,
detective; So the UElucky maid was i'm
mciiJtyiy placed under SURVEILLANCE,
thJt rrud red her life 81 burden 10 hei
and ultimately cost her situation.
Cent lie MarchInt demonstrate,
several times uu zine subject with hI
haneer tf1r Size really was. though th'
engagement was not officially acbuOw
Iedgrdl but without effect She some
haW seemed fp di~iru~t him OF late
from some cause III other; hiS Usua
sum, temper had quite deserted him
hi tongue had acquired "A bitterness
new a. his friends. while his haudsom
merry face hdd grown To look worl
and ha--ari.
Mis- Clifford. though still persiStin!
IN her ,iuiuu. bore his structures wit
gentle patience laying the very eviden
TEMPER h. showed To the account @
some money troubles thar she wei
knew were Worrying him. but ~ last h
went too far. ana ere their interview o
this occasion terminated the engage
meut between them was sUmmaril
broken off by the lady.
Capt. Le NIrch3ut never took an
steps 20 b-ing about reconciliation
which. on her side, Cecil Clifford wa
far tOo proud 70 dream of though wha
the arrangement cost her only sh
could have told All she knew aboy
him was that hc had exchanged into
regiment stationed 10 India. and heyOn
one other fact she heard uo more Of hin
till three % four years later the new,
papers told her that he had Joined Oh
army in Egypt. and formed one If h
band sent 20 the relief Of Gordon an
Khsrt0ml. Strangely enough, the on
fact that lie did hear privately-nam'
~ his having before leaving Englan
provided for the future of the poor gi
who had suffered 50 severely from ID
suspicious that We're cast upon h,
about the lost diamouds-onlv SCENE
TO render her more incensed aeIin
her erstwhile betrOthed.
Six or seven wears had naSsed sine
the burglary N Langley VII, " one nigl
toward the end Of IN, season Sii~s ~